60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Story Rich, Exploration, Adventure, Emotional.
DEJAR IR is an intimate and sentimental game where the story is told through different works of art that evoke what we felt during the pandemic, culminating with one of the most beautiful feelings. What will it be? An adventure filled with emotions we experienced during the pandemic.
Anachroma
Anachroma is a first-person adventure and puzzle game where you play Ana, the young princess of the Mag Mell isles. She seeks to restore colors to a black-and-white world using a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Re.
A Lighthouse Tale
Explore the island you inherited from your grandfather. Discover the secrets and stories it holds and relive your memories in search of an answer: Why did he want you here?
Anachroma is a first-person adventure and puzzle game where you play Ana, the young princess of the Mag Mell isles. She seeks to restore colors to a black-and-white world using a mysterious artifact, the Eye of Re.
Why similar: Narration 21.9%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Emotional 10.5%, Walking Simulator 8.1%, Puzzle 8%
Explore the island you inherited from your grandfather. Discover the secrets and stories it holds and relive your memories in search of an answer: Why did he want you here?
Why similar: Narration 28.8%, Emotional 22.2%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Drama 7.6%
Explore fantastic environments as Lula, as she journeys to discover the meaning of the Genie and fulfill her destiny.
Why similar: Narration 19.2%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Walking Simulator 11.8%, Emotional 9.9%, Story Rich 8.6%
Lost Brothers is a single-player first-person adventure, taking place in an abandoned mine. All you have is a walkie-talkie and a map. Explore a mysterious forest and a labyrinth of underground passages to rescue a mysterious lady.
Why similar: Narration 26.2%, Emotional 20.9%, Walking Simulator 13.5%, Drama 12.2%, First-Person 8.2%
Inner Ashes is a first person, narrative, puzzle adventure, where the player puts himself in Henry's shoes, a forest guard diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. He has to travel through his mind to discover why his only daughter Enid disappeared from his life.
Why similar: Narration 18.6%, Emotional 16.3%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, Drama 10.3%, Story Rich 8.9%
After her passing, a grandmother’s home holds decades of untold memories. Step into a heartfelt narrative journey through objects, voice acting, and beautifully crafted environments.
Why similar: Narration 23.8%, Emotional 14.6%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Story Rich 10.4%, Drama 10.2%
Explore the imaginary worlds of Nela in Daydreamy, the indie first-person narrative adventure that takes you back to those years when everything was possible. Discover how she lost her imagination and let yours soar. Are you ready to embark on a unique adventure?
Why similar: Narration 23.5%, Female Protagonist 17.2%, Emotional 12%, Puzzle 10.2%, Story Rich 9.8%
An emotional story-driven game, where you play as Dr. Olivia, a scientist trying to find a way to cure her daughter. Explore the world and save Jessica from this deadly virus, as you recall some memories.
Why similar: Narration 22.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Emotional 13.1%, Walking Simulator 12%, Story Rich 8.7%
Enter a world where books spring to life. A beautiful Journey about forgiveness and Books awaits you.
Why similar: Narration 20%, Emotional 17.6%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Drama 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10%
"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.
Why similar: Narration 20.9%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Drama 14.3%, Emotional 12.9%, Linear 7.3%
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
Why similar: Narration 18.9%, Emotional 16.5%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Story Rich 10.7%
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.
Why similar: Narration 20.9%, Emotional 17.9%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Story Rich 9.6%, Drama 8.7%
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
Why similar: Emotional 23.4%, Drama 12.9%, Female Protagonist 12.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Walking Simulator 10%
Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.
Why similar: Narration 17.4%, Emotional 15%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Drama 9.7%, Story Rich 9.2%
A tragic mistery, from Apulia with love.
Why similar: Narration 22.2%, Emotional 15.7%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Drama 13%, Story Rich 10.7%
Race for the Arctic is a love letter to unsung heroes.
Why similar: Emotional 30.3%, Story Rich 15.8%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Puzzle 14.9%, Adventure 13.3%
A majestic, first person exploration game that delves you into the personal story of you and Zack as you traverse beautiful terrains and discover the forgotten truth that is buried away deep inside.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.7%, Narration 18.6%, First-Person 9.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, Emotional 9.3%
Hayley finds her apartment empty. The love of her life packed and gone. What starts as a search for an answer soon turns into a personal journey. Was her life as perfect as she remembers it ? With each new clue she finds, the truth becomes more and more unbelievable.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 14.6%, Walking Simulator 12.8%, Narration 11.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Emotional 9.8%
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
Why similar: Story Rich 19.8%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Narration 15.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, First-Person 7.6%
It's a story of a small-town girl with no name. You're going on a one-person journey with a camera, find the right angle, then press the shutter. Look closely, solve the puzzles, and see each different side of her.
Why similar: Narration 32%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Story Rich 14.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Drama 7.6%
Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.
Why similar: Narration 22.8%, Emotional 20.5%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Story Rich 10.4%, Puzzle 7.2%
A Deep Rest is a collection of short stories about men and their relationship with mental health and depression. Taking control of a different character in each story, you will experience life from their perspective. See the problems and issues they face and help them find ways to be alright again.
Why similar: Narration 20.7%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Drama 11.2%, First-Person 9.1%
Sayri: The Beginning aims to warm your heart and whisk you away on a colorful journey to a new home, filled with emotion and wonder. Experience a beautiful, living world where friendship is the only recipe for surviving the unknown.
Why similar: Narration 20.9%, Emotional 16.3%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Drama 9.7%, Story Rich 8.5%
In Broken Aperture, players explore Freya's emotional journey through beautifully crafted environments, solving puzzles to uncover hidden memories. This narrative-driven game delves into themes of grief, memory, and self-discovery,
Why similar: Female Protagonist 20.4%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Story Rich 12.1%, First-Person 10.2%, Puzzle 9%
Embark down the small path of a girl named Abby as she goes back home and digs through her childhood, reliving the past to help reveal the secrets of what actually happened. What will you uncover? Will the family mystery end with you, or will it be just another legend. REIMAGINED VERSION OUT NOW!!
Why similar: Narration 21.5%, Emotional 15.8%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Walking Simulator 12.1%, Drama 9.8%
My Last Memories About You is about a husband who is fulfilling the last wish of his late wife in this short first-person exploration game. The game is short, but in exchange delivers an emotional and heartwarming story, which stays with the player long after experiencing this adventure.
Why similar: Narration 19.7%, Emotional 18.9%, Walking Simulator 13%, Drama 11.8%, Story Rich 10.3%
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
Why similar: Narration 16%, Female Protagonist 15.3%, Emotional 11.2%, Story Rich 10.6%, Puzzle 10.5%
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
Why similar: Narration 20.1%, Emotional 16.6%, Female Protagonist 12.6%, Drama 10.5%, Walking Simulator 10.2%
"Mother Dear" is a heartwarming game where you play as a deer and follow a father's story told to his daughter about the childhood trauma that changed his life. Experience nature's beauty and uncover secrets of the father's past. With an emotional story, you'll have an unforgettable adventure
Why similar: Narration 19.8%, Female Protagonist 16%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Emotional 13.5%, Story Rich 8.3%
As a young soldier returning to an eerily deserted home, you'll explore enigmatic rooms and uncover a haunting, tragic story. Experience an atmospheric journey filled with suspense, mysterious encounters, and a deep narrative.
Why similar: Narration 21.8%, Emotional 15.5%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Drama 10.4%
Forgotten Hope is a short, single-player narrative-driven video game presented through the eyes of a teenage girl who is trying to reconnect with her past to find answers.
Why similar: Narration 26.2%, Female Protagonist 15.9%, Story Rich 12.9%, Walking Simulator 11.4%, First-Person 9.2%
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 19.6%, Female Protagonist 16.4%, Narration 15.7%, First-Person 10.1%, Adventure 9.6%
808 explores the memories that define us and what happens when they're taken away. It's a surreal game about love, loss, and a difficult choice: the pain of authenticity, or the peace of self forgetfulness.
Why similar: Narration 28.6%, Emotional 14.8%, Walking Simulator 14.3%, Story Rich 11.9%, First-Person 7.9%
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
Why similar: Narration 26.2%, Walking Simulator 21.6%, Emotional 13.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Exploration 9.3%
Explore a world filled with mystery, ruins and unknown creatures as you reveal the memories of the Cub’s owner Estelle and her parents as they make their way to the city while a war approaches the kingdom.
Why similar: Narration 22.9%, Emotional 16.7%, Walking Simulator 11.5%, Story Rich 10.5%, Relaxing 8%
Step onto the stage in Forgetmenots, a story-driven puzzle adventure where memories take center stage. Explore a theatrical world that unfolds like a live performance, solving puzzles in a whimsical yet bittersweet journey about loss and remembrance.
Why similar: Emotional 28.9%, Story Rich 22.3%, Female Protagonist 22.1%, Puzzle 14.1%, Relaxing 7%
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
Why similar: Emotional 25.9%, Narration 20.1%, Story Rich 11.5%, Walking Simulator 10.8%, Drama 7%
An emotional, 3rd-person adventure game played as a dog after her owners abandoned her in the wilderness. Help her survive and find a new family; as they realize how loving a dog can help them recover from the pain of grief.
Why similar: Narration 22.6%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, Emotional 11.5%, Story Rich 7.9%
Narru is a narrative-driven puzzle game where the world is your canvas. Set off on a journey to paint it with life, learn about logic and emotions, and fulfill a mission given to you by your guardian and the creator of the lands you explore: a powerful goddess.
Why similar: Narration 27.4%, Emotional 23.3%, Puzzle 9.2%, Story Rich 9.1%, Relaxing 7.2%
Retired Waves is a narrative video game by Bing Liu. It lasts about 30 minutes and has no traditional mechanics, goals, or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a being wandering through their thoughts and reflecting on the meaning of architecture.
Why similar: Narration 38.9%, Walking Simulator 16.8%, Emotional 16.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 4.8%
Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.
Why similar: Narration 24.5%, Emotional 15.7%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Story Rich 11.5%, Puzzle 9.1%
Frame of Mind - A game of thoughts is a brief and cozy narrative game that lets you explore a character via thoughts and momentos you find in stages of their life. Its an introspective game, meant to share some experiences a peer-group of neurodivergent queers, including the dev, had growing up.
Why similar: Narration 18.8%, Emotional 17%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Walking Simulator 11.3%, Drama 10.1%
Tiger Orchid is a streamer who has found herself trapped in the new release 'She Could Fly: Documentary Escape Game'. Play along with Tiger as she enters a flat covered in comic book art. Who lives here? What's up with the creepy knitted birds? How do you get out? Will someone fix the toaster?
Why similar: Narration 23.6%, Walking Simulator 16.1%, Emotional 14.6%, Story Rich 11.6%, First-Person 9.3%
This is the story of a fragile alien climbing through strange worlds in search of home. A journey of symbols and emotions, where every step forward carries the weight of healing.
Why similar: Narration 32.6%, Emotional 23.6%, Drama 13.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Atmospheric 5.7%
Famine Way is a 2D adventure game in the author's hand-drawn style, which unfolds Holodomor in 1932-1933. Go on a journey, experiencing all the tragedy through the eyes of little Olena and her companion - a wounded stork!
Why similar: Narration 22.3%, Emotional 17.4%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Drama 13.4%, Story Rich 12.5%
Vestige is a third‑person narrative adventure where you explore a mysterious island to piece together the fragments of a forgotten past. Discover buried memories and confront the emotions that shaped Paul’s life.
Why similar: Narration 31.8%, Emotional 14.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Walking Simulator 11%, Drama 9.4%
A narrative walking simulator that packs an emotional punch. As the world's first spoken-word video game, it may speak truth into the bittersweet moments of your life.
Why similar: Narration 25.2%, Emotional 19.5%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Drama 10.7%, Relaxing 10.5%
After an exploratory mission gone wrong, you find yourself crashed on an unknown alien planet, separated from your crew and running out of oxygen. In Disillusion, you explore alien caves in search for your missing crewmates in an attempt to send one final message home.
Why similar: Emotional 21.5%, Story Rich 19.6%, Walking Simulator 18%, Puzzle 13.7%, First-Person 10.3%
Wield your Balearic sling in a first-person puzzle narrative adventure through ancient ruins. Uncover a lost civilization and reactivate forgotten machines to reveal the secrets buried beneath Ciudadela.
Why similar: Emotional 16.9%, Puzzle 15.2%, Story Rich 13%, First-Person 10.8%, Walking Simulator 10.7%
A 2.5D side scrolling, walking sim set in outback Australia. Play as a man whose childhood house has burnt down. He is walking to the house see if anything can be salvaged. Whist walking and talking on the phone to his wife the childhood memories come flooding in...
Why similar: Narration 25.6%, Emotional 20.3%, Walking Simulator 14.9%, Story Rich 11.8%, Relaxing 8.2%
A short find it game that helps you make sense of a tragic accident as you uncover a piece of the story with each item found.
Why similar: Emotional 23.3%, Narration 21.4%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Walking Simulator 13.2%, Story Rich 10.8%
Forefeathers is an atmospheric story-adventure with puzzle elements! Experience a heartfelt story as the little penguin Bokki and his ghostly Grandma work together to solve light puzzles and rekindle the memories of her past.
Why similar: Narration 29.5%, Emotional 22.6%, Puzzle 9.7%, Adventure 6.9%, Relaxing 6.7%
A friend called Loneliness is a third-person exploration game based on the song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. Uncover the truth of our main character Norra, as she will leave you clues through her poems that she has written.
Why similar: Walking Simulator 20.5%, Narration 18.9%, Adventure 12.4%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Exploration 10.1%
Spiral is a third-person narrative exploration game that shares a poetic vision of cognitive degeneration. Step into the shoes of Bernard as you help him and support him while braving his unravelling mind and reliving his most treasured moments.
Why similar: Narration 29.6%, Emotional 25.3%, Walking Simulator 13.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Exploration 6.4%
The House of Hikmah is a fully voice-acted, narrative-driven 3D adventure game exploring grief, legacy and the search for answers after profound loss. Solve puzzles, encounter historical scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, and uncover timeless lessons in a beautifully imagined House of Wisdom.
Why similar: Emotional 22.9%, Narration 19.8%, Story Rich 13.1%, Puzzle 10.6%, Female Protagonist 10.3%
Connor, a single father, visits a memory-restoration clinic in order to relive the days he had with his estranged son Bry. Experience what’s left of his past as he gets to relive his cherished memories and routine joys, while keeping away from the disturbing truth lurking beneath the surface.
Why similar: Emotional 27.8%, Narration 26.9%, Story Rich 15%, Walking Simulator 11.1%, First-Person 5.1%
The Promise Tree of Alden is a short, atmospheric narrative experience about remorse, memory, and the silence of a forest once alive.
Why similar: Narration 17.7%, Walking Simulator 15.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Emotional 8.6%, Drama 7.4%
A brief emotional experience lasting a few minutes, centered on the quiet weight of a kept promise. A narrative-driven tale with minimal mechanics.
Why similar: Narration 22.8%, Drama 17.9%, Story Rich 15.1%, Emotional 13.4%, Walking Simulator 6.2%
Enter the world of Milly, a troubled tattoo artist who sets out to revive her dying neighborhood by collecting remaining stories through her art. Walk the streets of Nortown, witness the comes and goes of its people, and redefine the meaning behind each tattoo in this first person narrative game.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 19.3%, Story Rich 18.2%, Walking Simulator 15.5%, Emotional 12.4%, First-Person 11.2%
A girl had done the unthinkable, taken her own life. You travel through the key moments of her life that have lead her to take her own life. But only after she travels through all these important moments of her life again does she realize she had made a huge mistake.
Why similar: Emotional 18.8%, Narration 18.3%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Puzzle 12.5%, Adventure 11.3%
